Microstigmatidae
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Microstigmatidae
Roewer, 1942
Diversity
11 genera

Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with about 38 described species in eleven genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.[1]

The family was removed from the family Dipluridae in 1981.[2] The subfamily Pseudonemesiinae from the family Ctenizidae was also transferred into the Microstigmatidae.[3]

Genera

As of March 2022, the World Spider Catalog recognized the following genera:[4]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Microstigmatidae.

Notes

  1. ^ Roewer, C. F. (1942). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia).
  2. ^ Raven, R. J.; Platnick, N. I. (1981). "A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". American Museum Novitates (2707).
  3. ^ Passanha, V.; Cizauskas, I.; Brescovit, A. D. (2019). "A new genus of Micromygalinae (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazil, with transfer of Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 and description of six new species". ZooKeys (814): 1–32. Bibcode:2019ZooK..814....1P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.814.29906. PMC 6333731. PMID 30651710.
  4. ^ "Family: Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-11

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